| The North Shore of Home |
| A classic collection of poems and stories |
| Frank J. Ledwell Illustrated by Floyd Trainor |
Frank Ledwell has been delighting audiences with poems and
stories from The North Shore of Home for two decades, in
individual readings and in performances with "Crowbush" and
"Frank Ledwell and Friends." This volume draws him, and his
audiences with him, into the life of a Prince Edward Island
North Shore community through the Great Depression and the
Second World War. Poems and stories from this classic
volume have been widely anthologized.
Originally published in 1986, this book's enduring popularity,
and that of its author, Frank Ledwell, led an Island publisher to
reissue this handsomely bound and carefully edited reprint,
including the original illustrations by the late Floyd Trainor.
stories from The North Shore of Home for two decades, in
individual readings and in performances with "Crowbush" and
"Frank Ledwell and Friends." This volume draws him, and his
audiences with him, into the life of a Prince Edward Island
North Shore community through the Great Depression and the
Second World War. Poems and stories from this classic
volume have been widely anthologized.
Originally published in 1986, this book's enduring popularity,
and that of its author, Frank Ledwell, led an Island publisher to
reissue this handsomely bound and carefully edited reprint,
including the original illustrations by the late Floyd Trainor.
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| _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Preface Somewhere along these red cliffs . . . The North Shore of Home Island Morning October Morning Ronald Dan's Story: The Early Days Micmac The Sister's Story My father told me . . . Winter, A Reverie Home from Away The Corsican Brothers This is still my country . . . Haying Old Home Week Summer Storm at St. Peter's Bay What can be said . . . Dougald the Teacher Mary MacLellan Teachers' Convention A. A. MacAulay, D.P., P.P. From this church . . . Father Ted's Story: A Diary Fragment In the Dark Boxes We seize on . . . Dr. Roddie: 1858-1961 How Do You Do, Margaret? A speck on the horizon . . . Elegy for a Simple Man Smelting The Hitchhiker Allan and Sarah The good farmer . . . |
| Blood Lines Mick Mooney The Rat's: George's Story Joe Flora Flora Hungry Thirties Johnny Pin Cushion Circumstantial Evidence To go off to the war . . . The war Cecil Quiet Alex Jimmy Paddy Charlie Since we first came over . . . The Guest The Haunted House Rare Birds Friday the Thirteenth And what about temperance . . . Charley Jim Angus The Day Rory MacLaren Lost His Religion The Manly Art From this green silence . . . The Ballad of Barney Dick and Little Joe Hector Christmas Day The Daily Train Evening The Evening of the Fifth Day For most of us here Evening at Savage Harbour Early Sorrow Coming Home From the ABEGWEIT Blue Heron |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Frank Ledwell |
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